Bale-tie.



No. 654,828. Patented July 3|, woo. n. A. CYPHER & w. L. DAYTON.

BALE TIE.

(Application filed. Sept. 80, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT QFFICE.

DAVID A. CYPHER AND WILLIA "L. DAYTON, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS;

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,828, dated July 31,1900. Application filed September 30, 1899. serialNo. 732,225. (NomodeL) T0 otZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID A. OYPHER and WILLIAM L. DAYTON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and Stateof Texas, have inventeda new and useful Bale-Tie Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bale-tie fasteners; and the object in view isto provide a simple, effective, and reliable buckle or connection forthe adjacent ends of a band'or tie such as is ordinarily employed inconnection with bales of, cotton and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a two-part buckle orcoupling for the ends of the band, the parts or members of which are soassociated that they may be operated with ease and rapidity either tofasten the ends of the band together or release the same when it isdesired to open the bale.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear morefully in the following description.

The invention consists in a bale-tie fastener embodying certain novelfeatures and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as

.hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, andincorporated in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of abale-tie fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention,the parts being thrown open to admit the bale tie or band. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, showing the members closed and the ends of a bandor tie engaged therewith. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the fastener, showingthe end of the pivoted member in position to enter the loop of the tieor band. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the pivoted member movedfarther inward.

Similar numerals of reference designate cor responding parts in thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

The bale-tie fastener contemplated in this invention consists of twomembers 1 and 2, pivotally connected at 3. The member 1 is three-sided,as clearly shown in Fig. 1, consisting of the parallel portions or arms4 and 5, around which the ends of the tie or band are received, andaconnecting portion 6, forming the third side of the member and extendingat right angles to the portions or arms 4 and 5. The fourth side of themember 1 is left open to form an entrance-throat 7 for the ,ends of theband or tie, and at such open side the member 1 is provided withoppositelyextending lugsor' projections 8, which face towarde'ach otherand form at-their inner edges shoulders 9, against which the edges ofthe band or tie abut when in engagement with the arms 4 and 5. The othermember 2 in its general shape resembles the member 1, with the exceptionthat the'lugs or projections 8 are omitted and the'outer corners orangles of the parallel arms 10 and 11 thereof rounded, as shown at 12and 13. The arms 10and 11 are preferably of unequal length and united bya connecting portion 14, as shown. The pivot at the point 3 passesthrough the extremity of the arm 10 of the pivoted member 2 and passesthrough the arm 5 of the member 1 at a point intermediate the ends ofthe latter, the object of this arrangement of the pivot beingto preventanystrain being brought upon said pivotby the end of the band or tiewhen looped around the arms 5 and 10. The object in rounding the arm 10,as shown at 13, is to prevent that arm from interfering with the loopedportion of the band or tie as the mem ber 2 is swung on its pivotalconnection with the member 1, and the object in rounding the corner ofthe arm 11, as shown at 12, is to facilitate the insertion of theextremity of said arm into the looped end of the band passingaround thearm at of the member 1. The rounding of saidcorneralso facilitates thewithdrawal of the arm 11 for opening the buckle or fastener.

The ends of the band or tie (indicated at 16) are looped around theparallel arms or portions 4 and 5 of the member 1, as shown in Fig.2,the extremities of the band being folded upon the inner side of the bodyof the band or tie and between such body and the bale, whereby they aresecurely held. Any liability of the ends of the band slipping may beprevented by providing the band atintervals with interlockingprojections, (indicated at 17.) hen the two parts of the fastener are intheir operative positions, as shown in Fig. 2,

the arm 11 is held frictionally in place by the looped end of the tie orband being-tightly pressed and held between the band or tie and the arm4.- of the member 1. In addition to the position shown in Fig. 2.

ner edge of said arm.

' this the arm 11 of the pivoted member is prevented from moving outwardby reason of the fact that the band or tie engages the in- This is bestillustrated in Fig.4, in which it will be seen that as the arm llbeginsto swing outward the inner edge thereof moves across the angle between ithe inner edge of the arm 4 and the lug or projection 8, so that inorder for the arm 11 to swing outward the tension or pressure of the tieor band must be overcome. The tie or band is, however, held tightlystretched by the bale, andtherefore in order to withdraw the arm 11sufficient pressure must be applied outwardly to the pivoted member inorder to draw the looped ends of the band slightly While this'may bedone by applying the necessary force in the proper direction to theconnection of said device at the point indi-.

- pivot and falls wholly upon the body of the cated all strain appliedto the device by the ends of the band or tie is 'removed from said Byarranging the pivotal device, which is preferably made of sheet metal ofthe requisite gage and strength to withstand such strain.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction ,operation,andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without f urtherdescription, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is' toward each other, as illustrated in Fig.4.

' A bale-tie fastener comprising a pair of three-sided members havingreversely-disposed entrance-throats, .the parallel arms of one memberbeing of greater length than the width of the tie or band, the othermember having one of its parallel arms terminally and pivotallyconnected to a medial point of one arm of the first-named member, andits other arm terminally reduced and pointed by rounding off the outercorner thereof, substantiall y as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony thatwe claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. OYPHER. WILLIAM L. DAYTON.

Witnesses:

I GARNETT KING,

-J. A. FRUANDER.

